Sales board



-May 14, 1929. MESELBACH 1,713,293

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Patented May 14, 1929.

UNITED STA Tus 'LIAM J. SANDBERG, OF CHICAGO,: ILLINOIS.

SALES BOARD.

Application filed July 9,1928. Serial No.. 291,364.

This invention relates to sales boards so called, and has particular reference to boards of the kind which have a plurality of open ings. or perforations in which sales indications may be placed and from which the purchaser pushes the sales indicating element from such pocket or perforation which he may select. r

The object of the invention is to provide a board structure which will lend itself to cheap and rapid. machine production; which once made up will be practically permanent, that is, will keep its shape and be capable of being used many times; which will be so accurate in spacing as to be capable of being filled with the sales indications by machine instead of by hand; which will preferably be made ,entirely of metal and carry with it, if so desired, a space for advertising purposes.

A feature of importanceis the provision, if desired, of dependent leg or support members whichhold the board above the surface upon which it rests so that a space is provided beneath the board to receive the sales indicating elements when they arepushed out of the board.

The invention consists primarily in providing asales board of the kind described,

made up of a plurality of thin strips, ofa 30 width equal to the depth or thickness of the board,- the strips bent into zig-zag form, the pitch of the formations being. the same as that of theholes in the board to be formed and a pluralityjof these strips assembled side by side and. secured in such assembled relation whereby the zig-zag formations provide the isbeing filled. able frame members may havefldependant flanges forming, supports for raising the openings in the board which extend through from face to face of the board.

Further, the invention resides in a sales board madeup, as described above,and provided with removable border or frame memberswhich can be taken off when the board Furthermore, these removboard off ofthe surface upon which it rests. As the-board is preferably constructed, the seVeralzig-zag strips are clamped between light sheet metal channel shaped ends and one or more of these ends can have its top side extended to provide a space suitable for advertising or the like.

.The invention will be more readily understood-by reference to the accompanying 8 threaded onto theends of the rods 7.

drawings forming part of this specification and in which,-

F ig. 1, is a plan view of a sales board made in accordance with the invention;

PATENT others.

7 AUGUST 1). MEISELBACH, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 'Assmnon or ONE-HALF T0 win Figs..2 and 3 are transverse sectional views on the lines 22 and 3- 3,'respectively, .of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4., is a view similar to Fig. 3 but Sho inga slight modification; 4

Fig. 5, is an edge view of one of the strips.

bent ready for use; I

Fig. 6,-is a plan view of the strip shown in Fig. 5, and

Fig. 7, .is an; enlarged 1 fragmentary plan View of the sales boar-d, someparts being broken away for fully disclosing the construetion. V i

In said drawings 1 represents a completed sales board, the essentialfeature of'the board being that it is formed topresent a large number ofopenings, holes or pockets22 which'e'xtend through the board from top to bottom and are open at'eachend. -Preferably the board is about 4 to /8 ofaninch thick and the holes 2 are about of an inch across, thus providing holes or cells about of an inch across and about i ofan inch long. A r

Whenthe board is ready for use, these holes or pockets contain sales indications which can be pushed-out of the openings for use in completing the sales.

The board as shown is made rality of strips 3 of thin sheet metal orothen suitable material, each strip 3 being of a width equal to the depth of theboardffrom a topto bottom,fpreferably approximately of an inch. Each strip 3.is bentinto corrugated form practically from end to end pro-f 1 viding grooves 4 extending across the strip.

Alternate grooves 4 open at opposite sides of the strip as bestshown in Fig. 5. Each strip 8 is flattened ateach endas shown at; 5 and each of these ends has a centralperforation 6 to receive clamping bolts or rods 7 for binding the strips together to form the board.

After the strips have been prepared, they are stacked together as many strips beinglused as there are, grooves 2, so that the board'will be substantially square and then the fasteners 7 are threaded through the aligned openings 6 and the strips are clamped together by ':nuts

As the strips} are not stiff or rigid, claiiipare preferably in channel form being made of sheet metal and are equal in. length to the strips 3. These channels are equal in depth to the width of the strips 3 as shown in Fig. 2 and are likewise perforated at their ends to receive the fasteners 7. The nuts 8 lie within the channels 9. 7

It will now be understood that when the strips are stacked as shown and are clamped between the two channels members 9 by the fasteners 7 the board is complete as far as the production of the openings 2 is concerned, the grooves 4: of the strips being closed by the corrugations of the next adjacent strips ere cept the outer grooves of the end strips which are closed by the webs 10 of the clamping channel members 9.

As so far described the perforated ends 5 of the strips 3 would present a more or less unfinished and ragged appearance. To complete the boards and to make them look better, I cover the ends of the strips by sheet metal channel members-11 one at each end. These channel members 11 are equal in length to the combined Width of the assembled strips 3 and channel clamping members 9 and are just wide enough to receive the edges of the board thus formed between their flanges 12. The flanges 12 of the members 11 are wide enough to'extend in from the ends of the strips 3 and cover the outer rows of holes 2.

The members 11 are removably held in place by fasteners 13. The flanges 12 of the channel members 11 are perforated to receive the fasteners 13, the perforations being made to register with openings 2 in the end rows of the openings. The fasteners 2 are preferably in the form of headed pins of alength to permit their ends 14' to be bent over after they are in place to prevent their removal until it is desired to refill the board at which time the fasteners can be readily removedjby first straightening or cutting off their bent ends. a

In Fig. 5, I haveshown a simplemeans of providing legs or supports for holding the board elevated above a supporting surface suflicient to provide a free space beneath the board for receiving the punched out sales indication elements when they are pushed down out of the openings 2.

These legs as shown each consist of a flange 15 of the right width extending down from the inner edge of the lower flange 12 of the edge members 11 and these leg flanges extend across the board thus raising the board above the surface upon which the board is supported.

When it is desired to refill the board, the bent ends 14 of the fasteners 13 are straight ened, the fasteners removed and the edge members 11-taken off so that the board is of an even thickness throughout and fiat.

The board is readily and cheaply manufactured. It. is rigid and flat when finished and simple. means of providing an exposed, surface which can be used as a place upon which to show instructions or for advertisements. This is accomplished by extending the upper flange 16 of one of the channel clamping bars 9. This extension presents a fiat top surface suitable for the purpose described.

While herein I have indicated that the board is preferably made of thin sheet metal strips, it should be understood that the invention is not thus limited, nor is it limited to the specific details of construction.

I claim p 1. A sales board of the kind described composed of a plurality of thin strips each strip extending from the top surface to the bot-v across the strip adjacent'grooves opening at.

opposite sides of the strip the strips arranged in a stack face to face and means clamping the strips tightly in such assembled relation.

2. A sales board of the kind described comprising a plurality of thin strips corrugated transversely into zig-zag form, the strips assembled face to face and means clampin them tightly together.

3. A sales board having a plurality of open ended pockets and comprising a plurality of thin strips equal in width to the thickness of the board, the stripslbent transversely into zig-zag form to provide oppositely opening transverse grooves, the strips stacked together and the bottoms of the grooves in one strip closing the grooves in the next adjacent strips and producing the openended pockets, and means clamping the strip firmly together. 7 '7 4 A sales board having a plurality of open ended pockets and comprising a plurality of thin strips equal in width to.v the thickness of the board, the strips bent transversely into zig-zag form, the strips stacked togetherto form the open ended pockets, the strips perforated, fasteners extending through said perforations, and clamping bars at the ends of the stack of strips engaged by said fasteners to solidly clamp the strips together.

5. A sales board comprising ap'luralityof thin strips bent into zig-Zag form and stacked together to provide open ended pockets, a clamping bar at each end of the stack and fasteners binding the clamping bar and strips together, channel-shaped strips coveringthe ends of the zigzag-strips, and means securing the cover strips on the board.

6. A sales board comprising a plurality of thin strips bent into zigzagform and stacked together to provide open ended pockets, 8.

. clamping bar at eachend of the stack and strips together, channel-shaped strips covering the ends of the zig-zag strips and removable fasteners passing through the cover strips and through edge pockets in theboard, and flanges on said cover strips extending out open ended pockets, channel-shaped clamp-' ing bars at the'ends of the staok, clamping rods passing through the clamplng bars and zig-zag strips the backs of the Webs of the clamping bars against the strips, and atop flange on one of said bars being extended to provide a convenient advertising space.

In Witness that I claim the foregoing as my f invention, I affix my signature this 3rd day of July, A. 1928. 1

AUGUST D ME IsELBACH. 

